This is from my latest newsletter. by Alan KatzIllustrated by Edward Koren 7-10 year olds will love Oops! by Alan Katz, illustrated by Edward Koren. Alan Katz is always funny, as you can tell from the very first poem in this collection –…
22Apr
20Apr
Before I had my coffee, I accidentally deleted this! Duh. Sorry for the re-post, but I want it in the archives. I just love that Good Morning Connecticut supports literacy to the point of having me on every month.…
20Apr
When I told people I was taking poetry books as my monthly Good Morning Connecticut recommendations, this is the look I got:I felt like that, too. Until I went to a poetry retreat earlier this year, led by poet and…
17Apr
What I love about living close to NYC is having my writer friends come through town and stay at Chez Davis. Here is Walter Mayes, at his full 6'8", using my 16-year-old son, Benny, as a prop in a lesson…
16Apr
You know those times when it seems like everything is happening and you're excited by work, ideas are coming faster than you can write them, friends are in town and family needs you and there is no time to do…
8Apr
Last night I was at the prison and because of a mistake I made, learned something really cool! I love when that happens. Throughout this course, the inmates have been writing books for their children. Some have much longer…
7Apr
I love when this happens. I'm feeling all grouchy because there is just not enough time in the day to get everything done. Huh? That makes me happy? Well, it means I'm excited by my work, and that is…
3Apr
I have that perennial feeling that we still might be in for more winter. Then I remember it is spring! iFone-compozed- sry 4 eny typoes. http://feeds.feedburner.com/BrainBurps
26Mar
Wow. Just...wow. I've had some great author visits in the last dozen years, but this one really kicks it. Success #1: Investing the kids. Starting with how invested (read that: EXCITED) the kids were to have me there…
23Mar
SO easy to be positive when I just found out that WHO HOPS?, after 12 years, is being published in one of those gigantic book formats!! Woohoo! iFone-compozed- sry 4 eny typoes. http://feeds.feedburner.com/BrainBurps
